Monday, February 1, 2016

[2016.02.02] KELLY CHEN SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR FANS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

Gong Li, Kelly Chen

Gong Li and Aaron Kwok promote hard for THE MONKEY KING 2
courtesy of mingpao.com

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Kelly Chen Wai Lam two days ago attended the film THE
MONKEY KING 2 (SAI YAU GEI ji SUEN NG HUNG SAM DA BAK GWUT JING) press
conference. On the way to Guangzhou she asked the driver to pull over
and signed autographs on four boxes of her upcoming record release. Kelly
launched her "motor hand" and spent half a hour to sign all of the 300 or
400 records. Not only did the pen run out of ink, her hand went limp
and her legs were numb from standing.

Kelly explained, because some Mainland fans were unable to
attend her Hong Kong autograph session, she contacted her assistants to
sign autographs at a location. Kelly in order to keep from affecting the
film promotion signed autographs halfway! She hoped that the record
company will soon release the Mainland version of the record and hold
Mainland autograph sessions.

Aaron Kwok Fu Sing two days ago attended THE MONKEY KING 2
Guangzhou premiere with Gong Li and Chen Wai Lam. Sing Sing and Gong Li
both revealed that when they watched the film they succumbed to tears.
Gong Li said, "Two parts were very touching for me. You can truly
sense that my White Bone Spirit is a little bad." Sing Sing stated that
the film's final 10 minutes made him lose his composure. "The character
truly wasn't easy to play, and the process was very tough and very
stressful. The film took 4 months to make, when I went to see it I was
very nervous."

Meanwhile for Kwok Fu Sing's other film THE ETERNAL WAVE,
director Chung Siu Hung was strict as he asked him to jump from the third
to the second floor. Sing Sing was an "obedient actor" and insisted
against using a double. He injured his left knee and aggravated an old
wound. He planned to have surgery in March, a complete recovery could
take half a year as his summer Hong Kong Coliseum concert might be
affected.

Playing the Goddess of Mercy, Kelly starred in two JOURNEY TO THE
WEST films. She said, "In both films, the Goddess of Mercy's influence
was Sun Wukong was enormous. She was a life coach and a psychiatrist."
When the host asked her for an early Lunar New Year greeting, she recited
poetry in Cantonese. It was accidentally translated as "You would get
pregnant from watching THE MONKEY KING 2!" Reporters joked that she was a
"child granting Goddess of Mercy.